Having been on the receiving end, I have to wonder: why not just answer the phone and say “Actually, we’re not a real record company” ? Then he stops phoning, and one never has to answer his calls anymore.

Seriously, why do people act otherwise? What purpose can it possibly serve?

I had a guy call me looking for a job, because his dad had seen my website. There’s wasn’t much to the website (and there still isn’t, and there never was), but it did have “communications” in the name, so the dad thought I was a network provider or some such. I set the guy straight right off the bat, and told him to try applying with the company where I actually worked for pay.